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About The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933 | View Entire Issue (March 20, 1924)
y H ■ .K,--' i ny HOOD RIVER GLACIER, THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 192i House Cleaning Things BIG APPLE TONNAGE „„ an oner ox exxo.uw, per cent gold bonds. The the sale will be utlilxed indebtedness contracted e purpose of reconstructing plants and erecting a new lag warehouse last fall. The ation. it la stated, now has at >500,000, aud mort the l lagne valued is protected by a first When I left California not long ago. at last week, Geo. R. Wilbur outlined it was apparent that the annual augur the reason for the meeting and intro? dueed the following speakers : Whit ney L. Boise, chairman of the Oregon Laud Settlement Board; Roy T. Bishop, chairman of the land settle ment committee of the development fund and vice president of the Oregon State Chamber of Commerce; Win. M. i on property estimated at >250, McMurray, general passenger agent of the Union Pacific System; W. G- Ide. I^LtSBUSv. . -ù; • ~^%ha*c«mñ»*ráflve orgañisaflnn. the manager of Urn agricultural depart- MMnoctns h makes prospectus H»,- cites. makes a a deduction deduction ment of the Oregon Htate Chamber, each year from the proceeds of sales who la handling the land settlement of fruit for a building and equipment work for the state development fund, ftind. The Item appears In the annual and C. L. pmith, better known as budget and is usually set at four cents "Farmer" Smith, of the Union Pacific per box. On this basis this year’s System. Mr. Boise outlined the general pur crop will return an approximate Sfifi,- 000. A part of this sum will be util pose of the meeting and the benefits to accrue to each county In the entire ised annually in retiring the bonds. The Butler Banking Co. is named state. He called attention to the fact as trustee of the Association, The that there Is more money being n|»ent legality of the bond Issue was ap- thia year to advertise Oregon than has ever tieeq spent in any one year proved by A. 2. Derby. in the advertising of California; that from reliable sources, (among these TROUT LAKE the passenger traffic managers of the railroads In the east) it is estimated March 13. 1924. The Trout Lake Development Asso that one million tourists will visit ciation held a hurry-up meeting at Oregon this year The Oregon development fund peo the forestry headquarters Friday af ternoon, February 29, to-consider this ple realise that unless the people now question from Supervisor Wright of on the laud are prosperous, it will b the forest service: "Would the inter useless to bring in further settlers ested taxpayers In the valley form a and are working very hard for the new highway district if the county lietterment of general marketing* <*op- would reimburse them for the amount ditions and the opening up of new they have lost by the county commis- markets for our products. In the de slonerrf dividing the district?” That velopment of logged-off land, help can la, for the taxes on the property cut lie secured from the sawmills which off from the district. For example, will provide employment for the men the old bid for building the road was while in the process of cleariug their >188,000. If the county reimburses land, resulting in the securing of a us for the amount lost say >50.000, better type of labor. . this would leave >98,000 to be raised Mr. Boise also called attention to the new district. the value of the Colombia River high Mr. Wright made it plain that the way and the Mt. Hood Loop road, forest service believes the property suggesting that as the people passed owners here are entitled to this re through thia productive valley, it imbursement. And be further said might be advisable to have a sign that if all parties Interested could stating that the Hood River valley come to an agreement and the road produces the finest apples in the world be built, he would see to it that all «nd a slogan similar to thia: “Buy legal technicalities are properly taken or order a box of Hood River apples to be sent to your home as a sou care of. The sentiment of the meeting venir." In this way we would not seemed to be overwhelmingly in only dispose of a great many apples, favor of accepting such a proposition hut would secure valuable advertising If the county commissioners see lit to at the same time. make it Mr. Bishop outlined the progress of Mr? Wright promised he would try the development fund idea, stating and have tfie <*ounty commissioners that three years ego Mr. Dodson, man and representatives of the forest ser ager of the Portland chamber, made vice meet with the taxpayers here an exhaustive survey to learn why shortly sfter March 10. Due notice Oregon was not going ahead and to of this meeting will be given. learn wbat she needed most. The best minds of Portland have If Cameron could not have fixed your been giving their tlQje to the solution electric system I would have told^you of fhla problem for the past three years, and the committee handling the development fund meets every week for several hours, to look over reports and discuss the progress being made. Theas committees have sub-commit tees which are doing the same thing and reporting to the development fund trustees. In this way the beat talent of Portland is at the service of the entire state. Mr. Ide outlined some of the work now coming through the state cham ber, stating that a few hundred dol lars in well placed advertising had resulted in 1.500 inquiries and that In the past four months 00 families had been located in the state through their offices, representing a land valu ation of 1200,000. He says that 35 to 40 per cent of the inquiries state def initely that the people are coming to Oregon to make their permanent homes. Mr. Ide also called attention to the work living done at the anto parks and stated that Hood River should take the same advantage of Its auto park and should see that someone capable of giving intelligent Informa tion should be on hand at the park, ne also asked that the settlers who come here be not allowed to put all their money into their first payment nnd that they be held down to the amount of gronnd they can carry with Biggest Show Ever their finances. Mr. McMurray stated that as a re sult of a direct letter sent to nil of his agents throughout the Unltqd States, they had a moat optimistic view on travel thia year, saying that it would be over 25 per cent heavier thia year than last. “Farmer” Smith emphasised the need of diversified farming, reciting many interesting experiences to prove his theory was a sound one. Upon a motion of Ix*roy Chillis, see ended by pr. Guttery, it was unani mously decided by a rising vote, that a nominating committee of three la1 apiiolnted by the Chamtier of Com merce to designate a committee rep resentative of Hood River county to serve aa the land settlement commit tee. ___________ f Bigger and Better Than Ever THORNTON AND ISENBERG’S COUNTRY STORE AND VAUDEVILLE RIALTO M COUNTY HEALTH NOTES SEPARATOR • The moil progressive and most prosperous farmers in nearly every Dairying sectiop town DeLsvsIs. They ,'know the DeLavnl skims closer, closet runs ¡Snider .and lasts longer than any anj other Deparntor; and that it It may tie de- 'pended upon to put more money moi In ilu- bank. ETT BROTHERS HOOD RIVER The nnniial meeting of the Public Health AsHociation will be held Fri day afternoon, March 21, at the Chain tier of Commerce. Mrs. Sadie Orr- I»unbar, secretary of the Oregon Tu berculosis Association, and Mrs. Glen dora Blakely, Htate advisory nurse, have lawn invited to be present. The baity clinic under Miss Cainp- bell's supervision will bo held Friday afternooti from 1 to 5 o’clock in. tile library basement. Parents are urged to lirfng all children of pre-seli<a>l age for examination, weighing nnd measuring. A local doctor is present nt each clinic and carefnl records art kept of each child's progress. Saturday afternoon Miss Campbell will be in tier office from one to five o'clock. Monday she will visit Co** school; Tuesday, Mt. Hood and Wednesday, Parkdale. ■ ■■ ■ •-/ Genuine Ford parts at Frans Co.’s. beet tonnage would be materially re duced because of the severe droath. While a report of the Southern Pa cific K. R. Co. was to the effect that lettuce shipments from Imperial Tai- ley will continue for some weeks, lack of rain will soon cut them off abort. The quality of the lettuce Is considerably below par. It la thought the Imperial valley cantaloupe and watqrmeloii crop will not be affected, California baa a large supply of boxed apples of her own growing, and large quantities have been shipped Into the state. They are selling about 50 cents per box cheaper than last year. A large motor truckload of cull oranges can be bought at the packing houses for |5. These are resold on the I x » b Angeles markets for >12 per load or at 00 cents per lug box. Tfc-y are very good for immediate use. Building In Los Angeles la about the same as last year when a new building was completed every eight minutes. And they are putting up nice substantial structures, a credit to any city. The city claims a popu lation of over 1,000,000, and It is in creasing* at the rate of 10,000 people per month. Statistics show that Loa Angeles last year had over 1,000,000 visitors. At present the city has enough lots platted to accommodate over 2,000,000 more. I had the pleasure of being enter tained by our friend, R. W. Pratt, who formerly was with the . Hood River Bankiug A Trust Co. He is now located at Glendale. He likes Ixis Angeles and Glendale very much. The Increase in Ills large property holdings at each place has made him very wealthy. His combined wealth keeps him pretty busy dodging thg Income tax man. Bob enjoys ont door sports and has become very efficient at golf. / Out at Santa Fe Springs and Signal Hill, where so much oil excitement existed one year ago, activities are rather*- quiet now. Many wells that were flowing a year ago are now pumping and on the-whole there is probably but 00 per cent on produc tion. C. L. Rogers, who was formerly located here, dealing in real estate and shipping fruit, is now located at Long Beach. He is engaged in real estate and has very valuable holdings at Long Beach, Signal Hill oil dis trict and Venice. He is well pleased with his new home and has done ex ceptionally well there. He extends greetings to all his Hood Riser ' ■__________ friends. FAMED SCARAMOUCHE BERE NEXT WEEK The east of the Paramount picture, “Hollywood.” coming to the Rialto to morrow and Saturday, la composed of players practically new to motion pic tures. They are Hope Drowu, leading woman; Luke Coagrave, G. K. Arthur, Ruby Lafayette,. Harris Gordon, Bese Flowers, Eleanor Lawson anti King Zany. Tim "support” includes Cecil B. DAM I He, Pola Negri, Thomas Melghun, William 8. 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RS SE Mon., March 24 For the Love of a Woman and to Avenge a Friend The great motion picture classic, “Scaramouche,1 adapted by Rex In- gram from Sabatini's novel of that name, has been making remarkable runs In metropolitan points. It cre ated a sensation In Portland at the Blue Mouse. It will be here next Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. “Scaramouche" will appeal more gen erally than did “The Hunchback of Notre Dame," for It la a picture that will interest the children as well as the elders. Ingram, from all accounts, has sur- pasaed his production of “The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse” with this picture. "Scaramouche” la a story of the French Revolution. It tells the ro mance of Andre-Ixiuls Morean (Ra mon Navarro) and Aline de Kercadiou (Alice Terry).. Andre-Louis has been brought up as a ward of Aline's uncle. The Marquis de la Tour d’Axyr (Lew is Stone), a haughty aristocrat and ■nan of fashion, killed Andre-Ixiuls' friend, Philippe, because of his revo lutionary sentiments, and qn the Mar quis Andre-Louis has sworn eternal vengeance. To make matter» worse (he Marquis is courting Aline. Andre’s seditious speech« cause him to be sought for the gallows, aud in escaping from the pursuing gen darmerie, he Joins a strolling band of players and becomes Scaramouche, the clown. Bitterness against Aline leads him Into an affair with' the leading lady of the troupe, but he ends this when the girl accepts attentions from the Marquis. Skilled tn fencing. Andre-Louis Miifeau is persuaded to become sub stitute deputy In the National Aasem- lilKpf France for a deputy who was killed in the scries of duels brought by the aristocrats against the people's representatives. In a duel with I<a Tour d’Axyr. that is the culmination of his activities in the Assembly. Andre-Ixiuls wounds the Marquis, and Andre's misunderstanding of Aline's actions after the duel further widens the breach between them. The fires of rebellion among the lower and middle classes of Paris are finally fanned Into open revolt. The liatriot Danton (George Hiegmann) leads tiic mob to the Tulllcries, where the monarchy is overthrown. The Marquis escapes from the massacre at (lie Tuileries, and seeks shelter at the house when* also Is Aline, who lias been unable to escape from the city. Andre-Ixiuls comes to save her, and findH the Marquis there. The two men are on the point of killing each other when revelations are made Jhat dis close Andre's real Identity. The thirty principal characters in “Scaramouche" Inchide, tieside Ramon Navarro. Ix*wls Stone and Alice Terry, who were the triumvirate that np- peared in Ingrain's "Prisoner of Zen da," Lloyd Ingraham.' Julia Swayne Gordon and Edith Allen. Andre-Louis Moreau was born with the gift of laughter and a seose that the world was mad. His laughter mocked his enemies and his madness inflamed the world. Not in all the pages of fiction is there such a glowing dare-devil character as that of this young scion of the nobility who became Scaramouche, the clown. Not in the history of motion pictures has there been such a production as REX INGRAM’S ' SCARAMOUCH E rf*- *7*7 - 7> > 7"> • /• « A The Best Picture of Any Season ' RAMON NÖVARRO Featuring ALICE TERRY LEWIS STONE The picture was adapted by WILLIS GOLDBECK froni RAFAEL SABA- TINI’S thrilling novel of the French Revolution and the photography was by JOHN F. SEITZ, who was camera man for Mr. Ingram’s production of “The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.” Ten thousand persons appear in scenes showing the storming , of the Tuileries; :i8 there are ! JO leading players, who include George Seigmann, Llo>a Ingra ham, Julia Swayne Gordon, Edith Allen, Lydia Yeamans Yeamana t-dith Titus, Clotilde Delano, Edward Connelly and Rose Dione. Directed by REX INGRAM WW WHITE SALMON Bfce LAURNELL "Nothing but the Best SATURDAY SPECIALS (From The Enterprise) The new dock road grade was com pleted- thia week and has been grav eled. Thia practically completes the work contemplated for this* year al-’ though a small stretch of gradingre- malna to lie improved at the bottojn of tlie bill. / The now grade, just completed near the top of Jlie^hill, wna a big under taking and J. P. Tonafeldt. who was In charge, has done splendid work. Now two cars can pass at most any place «n the dock road. The grade la nearly uniform and some cars can easily travel it in high gear,* C. E. Grover. plona»er homesteader of Ixiurel. died Tuesday afternoon of heart trouble. Mr. Grover had l»<*en In White Halinon last week and his death was a great shock to hia many friends. Mr. Grover bad lived in Camas Prairie community about 25 yearn. He leaven n widow and one daughter. Mrs. Ed Novak, of Umatilla, Ore. * ” is without a doubt the BIGGEST, ^1OST PLEASING SPECTACULAR „ Note: “Scaramouche ____ _______________________ Picture we have ever SEEN or shown, barring nothing. We are taking this means of advising you not to miss THE BIGGEST PICTURE OF ANY SEASON. THE RIALTO. PRICES Matinees, ■ a - 30c and 50c Evenings Balcony........................50c Lower Floor............... 75c Logos.................. $1.00 Logea may be reserved in ad vance by phone. VERA KOLSTAD playing SPECIAL MUSICAL SCORE ON THE ' RIALTO WURLITZER ')